Scalded to Death.
TIMARU, January 27. ' A child named Elizabeth Miles, aged two years and eight months, olambered, by means of a chair, on to the top of a copper of hot water. The lid was partly on, but with the child's weight on it it tilted and the child fell feet first into the scalding water. The accident happened at 11.30 a.m., and the child lingered till 4.30 p.m., being shockingly scalded. It was impossible to save her.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9041, 28 January 1908, Page 5
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79Scalded to Death. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9041, 28 January 1908, Page 5
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